Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | 1988: s.166 Motor Vehicles Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: s. 166 – Fatal accident – Compensation – Computation of loss of income and loss of consortium – Victim-deceased died in a motor vehicular accident due to rash and negligent driving of the offending truck – Deceased was a farmer/agriculturist aged about 35 years at the time of the incident, who was survived by his wife, two minor children, and his mother – Claim petition u/s. 166 of the Act – Tribunal partly allowed the petition and awarded a sum of Rs. 6,60,000/- with 6% interest – Appeal by claimants on the ground that the Tribunal only considered the sauni crops, and not the rabi/harri crops which were also cultivated on the lands – High Court partly allowed the appeal and enhanced the total compensation to Rs. 17,66,000/ along with 7.5% interest; High Court assessed the income of the deceased at Rs. 95,000/-, added 40% future prospects and deducted one-fourth towards expenses of the deceased – Still aggrieved with the amount of compensation, claimants filed instant appeal – Held: Deceased was a lambardar of the village, and a graduate – The documentary evidence on record showed that he was cultivating 66 acres, and was entitled to one-third of the value of produce from income of those agricultural lands – In addition, he owned and was getting 12 acres cultivated – Admitted returns were to the tune of Rs. 95,000/- – According to deceased’s wife, the deceased’s income was Rs. 1,00,000/-; the claim was for an extent of 1 crore – Whilst there was no evidence for the latter amount, the documentary evidence supported the appellant’s case in regard to cultivation of extensive lands – Having regard to these facts, the assessment of income @ Rs. 95,000/- appears to be on the lower end, and insufficient – It would in the circumstances of the case, be appropriate that the actual income should be computed @ Rs. 1,50,000/- per annum – Applying 40% towards future prospects, the total annual income amounts to Rs. 2,10,000 – With a one-fourth deduction (dependents), the annual loss of dependency would be Rs. 1,57,500 – Applying a multiplier of 16, total loss of dependency would come to Rs. 25,20,000. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 1283 |
Petitioner | Harpreet Kaur & Ors |
Respondent | Mohinder Yadav & Ors. |
SCR | [2022] 18 S.C.R. 54 |
Judgement Date | 2022-12-15 |
Case Number | 9233 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |